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Topic	Character Battle X Contest Analysis Crew - Part 9
MasterMoltar 12/05/18 4:32:45 PM #272:	transiences Analysis I had Sonic over Snake for most of the bracketmaking period.. in winners, of course, because I wasn't omniscient enough to see Zelda as a top 5 character coming. I've been thinking for the last couple of days how crazy it is that our true semifinal in this contest is Link, Cloud and Mario -- arguably the 3 most notable characters in contest history -- and Zelda. It's just weird. Anyway, I was really down on Snake because he just feels so out of touch in 2018, but clearly it's Sonic who's actually the fallen idol. How many guys beat Sonic now? Kirby does. Bowser probably does. PIkachu does. Zelda already did. Luigi, X, Tifa, Alucard, Vivi -- where does it stop? I thought Sonic Mania might be enough to keep him relevant, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that Sonic (and MM11, for that matter) are only there for existing fans. I don't think Sonic Mania was converting regular people into being Sonic believers, nor was it really boosting him up in people's hierarchies. Opinions of Sonic are largely baked in at this point and it would take something truly revolutionary to change that. Snake can drop but unless he drops off the map, he's still better than Sonic. I wonder how we feel if Snake beats Zelda's percentage here? transience's prediction: Snake with 57.79% Leonharts Analysis Well, weve got two points of comparison for these two, and they both overwhelmingly favor Snake. Oddly enough, the match where Snake had his sprite against Auron projects a bigger win than the match with Zelda. Regardless of how you look at it, its hard to find an argument for Sonic winning or even keeping it all that close. They just havent been on the same level since Snake got into Smash, and that hasnt changed. Leonharts Vote: Solid Snake Leonharts Prediction: Solid Snake with 56.95% Kleenexs Analysis Not much to discuss here. Zelda crushed Sonic and went even with Snake. Sonic has looked like junk. Im still not sure exactly where I put Snake in the NN rankings at this point, but its definitely ahead of Sonic. Gotta lose fast. Kleenexs Prediction: Snake with 56% Crew Consensus: Snake does what Nintendid. --- no space all business <cite>MasterMoltar posted [p:913599406] in Character ... [t:77259061]...</cite> <quote>transiences Analysis I had Sonic over Snake for most of the bracketmaking period.. in winners, of course, because I wasn't omniscient enough to see Zelda as a top 5 character coming. I've been thinking for the last couple of days how crazy it is that our true semifinal in this contest is Link, Cloud and Mario -- arguably the 3 most notable characters in contest history -- and Zelda. It's just weird. Anyway, I was really down on Snake because he just feels so out of touch in 2018, but clearly it's Sonic who's actually the fallen idol. How many guys beat Sonic now? Kirby does. Bowser probably does. PIkachu does. Zelda already did. Luigi, X, Tifa, Alucard, Vivi -- where does it stop? I thought Sonic Mania might be enough to keep him relevant, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that Sonic (and MM11, for that matter) are only there for existing fans. I don't think Sonic Mania was converting regular people into being Sonic believers, nor was it really boosting him up in people's hierarchies. Opinions of Sonic are largely baked in at this point and it would take something truly revolutionary to change that. Snake can drop but unless he drops off the map, he's still better than Sonic. I wonder how we feel if Snake beats Zelda's percentage here? transience's prediction: Snake with 57.79% Leonharts Analysis Well, weve got two points of comparison for these two, and they both overwhelmingly favor Snake. Oddly enough, the match where Snake had his sprite against Auron projects a bigger win than the match with Zelda. Regardless of how you look at it, its hard to find an argument for Sonic winning or even keeping it all that close. They just havent been on the same level since Snake got into Smash, and that hasnt changed. Leonharts Vote: Solid Snake Leonharts Prediction: Solid Snake with 56.95% Kleenexs Analysis Not much to discuss here. Zelda crushed Sonic and went even with Snake. Sonic has looked like junk. Im still not sure exactly where I put Snake in the NN rankings at this point, but its definitely ahead of Sonic. Gotta lose fast. Kleenexs Prediction: Snake with 56% Crew Consensus: Snake does what Nintendid. --- no space all business</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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